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DBA Telecom announced areturn to profitability for the quarter ending Sept. 30.

The $2,500 profit on $1.16 million in revenues for the quarter ended a run of red ink and represents a $325,000 improvement to the firm’s bottom line from a year ago.

DBA says it develops, manufactures, and distributes telecommunications products that support and enhance net- work services for the fast- growing home office and sinail office markets.

The North. Vancouver firm’s new SmarTalk NRG family of phone products won a Best of Show award at the Computer Telephony Fall Demo show.

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